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PALMETTO STATE'S
" PLACE IN PICTURE.
Charleston Will Share Em?
barkation With Savannah.
Special to The Stafe
Washington, D C., Oct 4.-South
Carolinians here rejoice at the oct
come of the orders of tbe war de
partment in the matter of the estab?
lishment of camps in the Palmetto
State It means much viewed from
every standpoint and the advantages
and benefits to be derived therefrom
are manifold
The committee from Columbia did
their Foll duty. They received the un
divided support of Senator McLaurin,
who busied himself in the matter
tboughont.
It was first arranged by the w*.'
department that there should be a
division encampment at Greenville
and brigade encampments at Spartan
burg and Columbia It was thought
that Colombia would be the site for
? division encampment, but Green
ville offered more land. In fact, she
offered 500 acres and as much more
contigous. Columbia offered SOO
acres. It was deemed advisable to
select Greecrville for th? establish?
ment of a division camp.
A strong effort was made to station
a brigade encampment at Summer
ville, and if this had been done, it
.-was urged that the low country, mid?
dle country and up country would be
represented Toe report of the in?
vestigating surgeon was that the wa?
ler level at Summerville was too near
the surface, and there would be a
lack of sufficient water to the sinks.
Then Spartanburg was suggested,
and the Piedmont City won.
. Senator McLaurin says that the
"main strong point" throughout the
woik was to have South Carolina
win, and that preferences were cast
aside He thinks that Columbia,
however, stands an excellent chance
yet to be selected for a division en?
campment
Troops are expected to move to
the various points in the State select?
ed for camping grounds about No
?ember 1st.
Senator McLaurin does not think
the present plans will be materially
changed, though be states that his
information is that the orders are lia
ble to be changed somewhat.
The matter cf the embarkation of
troops and the opening of a hospital
at Charleston is still under considera
tioo acd definite action is expected
econ
THIS COMES LATER.
Washington, Oct. 4 -Yesterday
the chances of Charleston seemed
.'gone glimmering." Savannah was
selected as the point of embarkation
and for the hospital site, and it was
decided that no camp wouid be
placed at Summerville. The influ?
ences fighting for Savannah were
very strong. The Platt system and
the Southern were for Savannah,
while Mr. Du vail, the former busi?
ness partner of Secretary A Iger. is
president of oue of the big lines cen?
tering there
It seems that after all, however,
Charleston is not to be ignored.
Secretary Alger told Senator McLau
rio to day tbs,i he authorized him to
say that Charleston wouid be used as
well as Savannah He said that
Summerville would be given a bri?
gade encampment This gladdened
the heart of Senator McLaurin, for
he bas certainly worked mdefatiga
b!y in the interest of the State, and
since Greenville. Columbia and Spar
tanburg had secured camps, he has
been peculiarly anxious that the low
er part of the State and our chief
seaport 6bou!d be recognized.
Senator McLaurin 6ays that the ad
vantage of deep water at Charleston
ie fully recognized at the department,
and that she is sure of a fair share of
the embarkation
He says that troops are almost
sure to be shipped from Port Royal.
The senator bas been here for 10
days and bas neglected no point that
could be turned to tbe advantage of
South Carolina
With the advantages that Savan
nab offered, Senator McLaurin thinks
that Charleston has reason to be satis?
fied with the outlook.
Georgia has put up a great fight
for the campe, and with Senator Mc?
laurin alone on the ground getting
four camps and Charleston getting a
portion of embarkation, the Palmet?
to State has triumohed in the distri
bution of the pie Uncle Sam is pass?
ing around.
THIS FROM GREENVILLE
Greenville, Oct. 4 -The commit
tee consisting of Mayor Williams,
Alderman Richardson, City Attorney
Morgan, and Messrs. A. A. Gates,
A. G Furman and Joseph A. McCul
lough have returned from the Wash?
ington trip to secure a camp here.
Their visit was very satisfactory.
Mr Gates visited Philadelphia and
arranged for water in abundance, the
headquarters of the Paris Mountain
Water Co being there
It comes from good authority that
Augusta gets corps and division
headquarters, with two brigades of
one division, the third brigade going
to Columbia ; Greenville gets divis?
ion headquarters with two brigades,
the third at Spartauburg Athens
gets the other division headquarters
A DISGUSTING
SENSATION.
Brutal Beating of Negroes by
an Officer and Soldiers Un?
der His Command.
Columbia, Oct. 5.-There was
much ado here this afternoon. Lieut.
Col. Tillman was under indictment of
aggravated assault and battery. The
verdict is suspended The hearing
attracted so much attention as to
necessitate the hearing in the court
house. When the case was called
Lieut. Col. Tillman arose and said he
regretted very much the whole oc?
currence. If it were not for officers
who were ignorant of millitary law
they would not force the trial here.
Instead of being a prosecution it was
persecution, and be would show it.
He could waive the hearing, but
would not do so then. Magistrate
Clarkson said once the case was en?
tered upon it had to be finished. Mr.
Benjamin L Abney appeared for
Lieut Col Tillman.
The whole difficulty arose over the
loss of a pistol belonging to "Uncle
George/' Col Tillman's servant.
Col. Tillman accused three of the
servants at the camp with having
taken the pistol, and in order to ob?
tain a confession he resorted to a
vigorous use of the leather strap.
The boys were stripped of their
clothes and placed across a barrel
When Tillman had become exhausted
he wouid instruct others to continue
the whipping and often made the re
mark that if the boys did not confess
that he would beat them until life
was extinct. Several times the boys
remarked that they knew where the
pistol was, and asked that they be
given the privilege of showing where
it was placed. But every time it
could not be found, and the poor
suffering "negroes would offer the
plea that they did not know, but
simply said so in order that they
might pass a few moments without
enduring such treatment
Capt. Mauldin and Lieuts Dunlap
and Ligon appeared before Magis?
trate Clarkson and swore out a war?
rant for the arrest of Col. Tillman,
charging hi<n with assault and bat?
tery of a high and aggravated nature.
Lieut. Dunlap sat beside Magis?
trate Clarkson during the progress of
the hearing. Mr Mixson was called
in as oficial stenographer.
Col. Lieut. Tillman gave out the fol
ing interview :
"For the time being I have said all
I intend to say. The whole thing is
a patched up affair, directed against
me by officers who have lost their
jobs-largely by men who never be?
fore made so much money in their
lives ? understand their scheme,
and am ready to meet them Most
of them will be court martialed on
far graver charges than have been
broug?t against mc. If they desire to
array themselves against me for
something for which I was respcsi
b!e and enter the list in behalf of a
negro thief, four times on the chain
gang for stealing, they can do so.
Waler most often seeks its level.
They 6haii not, however, fuol the
public into believing that this negro
was brutally whipped lt is not
true He is as sound to day as he
ever was, save a littie sore, but
please understand that, while I did
no whipping myself, before any pri?
vate shall suffer I am ready to assume
all responsibility Let them crack
their whip, and the lash wiil hit close
to the handle '*'
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COL. TILLMAN
UNDER ARREST.
By Order of the Command?
ing Officer Col. Alston,
Lieut Col James H. Tillman was
arrested this morning by Adjutant
Frost ac the order of Col. Alston.
At the time of his arrest Col. Till?
man was in bis room at The Colum?
bia and was taken to the camp,
where he now is.
He was arrested in accordance
with the provisions of 65th article of
war, which is as follows :
"Officers charged with crime shall
be arrested and confined in their
barracks, quarters or tents and de
prived of their swords by the com?
manding officer. Any officer who
leaves his confinement before he is
set at liberty by his commanding offi?
cer shall be dismiased from service."
Any breach of discipline is con?
sidered a crime iu military law, and
consequently the article covers the
various charges which have been
preferred agaiuet Col. Tillman
Lieut Wade H Lig?n of Co H
is the officer who preferred the
charges against Col. Tillman and the
arrest of the latter ta simpiy a logi
cal consequence of the article of war
above mentioned. There are two
charges against Col Tillman The
first is for "conduct to the prejudice
of good order and miiitary discip?
line," the second is for "conduct un?
becoming and officer and a gentle
man " Under each charge there are
several specifications.
The papers have been forwarded
to the Department of the Gulf at
Atlanta, from which the orders for a
courtmartial will be received It is
though); that the department will act
quickly, and that in the course of a
few days the trial will be held.
Col. Tillman is now at the camp,
and will not be permitted to leave
the grounds unless set at liberty by
his commanding officer. In case ne
does t ae penalty for such is imme?
diate clienJssal from service. The
article provides that the officer
charged with crime be deprived of
! hie sword, but this was not enforced
against Col. Tillman. He was per?
mitted to retain it, as nothing was
said about it -Columbia Register,
October 7.
THEB?E DISMISSED.
Evidence Not Sufiicieot.
The case against Col James H
Tillman for assault and battery of a
high and aggravated nature, which
was tried before Magistrate Clarkson
Wednesday afternoon, has been dis?
missed. The decision would have
been rendered earlier, but the evi
dence was taken down in shorthand
and the magistrate waited for its
transcription before making known
what the decision is
The following is the opiuion in
full as rendered by Magistrate Clark
son this morning:
In the Matter of the State vs J.
H. Tirlman.
I deferred making kuown my con
elusions in the above case until the
testimony could be transcribed by the
stenographer. I am now prepared
to say that after a very careful sifting
of ail the testimony, I find that while
there is som* evidence which tends
to connect the defendant with a
whipping which was administered to
three boys who were charged with
stealing in the camp at Geiger's
Springs on the 4th of October, 189S,
I do not think that it is sufficiently
clea: and positive, nor the matter one
of 6uch a serious character as to war?
rant me in transmitting the cause to
the court of general sessions for trial.
I therefore dismiss the case and
discharge the defendant
? MCCLABKSON,
Magistrate
Oct 7, 1898.
This of course disposes of this
particular caee but there are two
more which will be pushed against
Co) Tillman The same officers who
are prosecuting him are determined
to see that Coi. Tiliman is punished
for the whipping and they will bring
up the cases at another time.
---MO- --
SEVENTH CORPS UNDER
ORDERS TO MOVE TO |
CUBA.
Washington, Oct. 7.-M sj. Gen.
Fi'zhagb La.e received an ordrr from
the war department to-day directing
Li/ai to move hie command from Jack?
sonville, Fia,, to Savannah, Ga ,
and get in readiness to embark for
Habanna by tbe lase of this month.
Gen. Lee left to-night for Savannah
to make preliminary arrangements to
oarry bis orders into effect.
WILD RED SKINS
ON WARPATH.
Rumored Massacre of Geo.
Bacon and His Force.
SCENE NEAR LEECH
LAKE.
Causes of the Uprising of the Pilla
ger Indians on the Chippewa
Reservation.
Walker, Mino., Oct 5-A hard
fight with the Indians occarred to day
and the reports from the scene of the
battle on the other side of Leech Lake
are somewhat conflicting, although all
reports agree that the result has been
considerable shedding of blood and
some less of life on both sides.
No word has come from the front
for several hours, which fact is con?
sidered somewhat omioous. The most
serious report is that the detachment
of troops of the Third infantry with
Gen. Bacon was massacred, the gene?
ral himself being said to be among the
dead.
Three newspaper correspondents,
Brill, of the St. Paul Pioneer-Press ;
Beaton, of the Minneapolis Tribune,
and Kneppen, of the Minneapolis
Times, are known to have been in the
fight, s nc. one report is that they were
killed, while another says they are now
prisoners in the hands of the Indians
This little town has been full of ex?
citement all day and as the reports
from the other side of tho lake came
in the people became frantio and efforts
were made to get ap a force to help the
troops. This will be eent in a few
hours. Reinforcements are coming on
a special train from Braioerd.
However, addition-; soldiers are most
needed, and the feeling is general that
they oannot come too soon.
To-day's fight occurred thirty miles
from Walkeron a point jotting oat in
the lake near Bear island. The sol?
diers, 100 strong, under command of
General John M. Bacon and Maj
Wilkinson, bad arrived here last even?
ing, and at half past 4 this morniog
they went on board boats and were
oarried to the point named, where a
landing was made with considerable
difficulty, a gale of wind having stirred
up a pretty lively sea The landing
was effected at about 8 o'clock. Scouts
were hurried through the bushes io
every direction, and for three hours no
trace of the Indians could be found.
Every precaution against ambush bad
been taken. Finally at about half past
ll o'clock, the soldiers were drawn up
in an open space near the shore of the
lake aod preparations were about to be?
gin for dinner.
The soldiers were still in Hoe, though
the coffee making had commenced
Suddenly a shot was fired from the
house of Bog Ah Mah Ge Shig, the
Indian who had been the head and
oenter of this whole difficulty. Marshal
Ed Harris, a Walker half breed, was
struck, his arm being broken. This
shot seemed to be a signal, for imme?
diately shots came from every direction
and three men were dropped^and were
carried to the rear.
The soldiers, who are veterans, not
alone of the Santiago battlefield, but of
many an Indian skirmish knew what to
do, and at the first shot all found shel?
ter and awaited another volley to tell
[ them where to shoot.
Gee Bacon and Maj. Wilkinson
steadied their men with encouraging
words, and with a seoond volley ttfe In?
dians attempted a rush on the soldiers
The rattling volley from the regulars
that met the oncoming red* stopped the
rush and drove baok the Indians, al?
though a dczen of them were dropped
by the soldiers. The fire then became
more scattering and the soldiers made
a fine charge and drove them back,
though the firing continued. The
steamers on which the soldiers bad
come as we!! as those used by tbe news?
paper correspondents were fired on by
the Indians.
Brill of the Pioneer Press, Beaton
of the Tribune and the Times corres?
pondents bad landed prior to the ar?
rival of the soldiers, a previous ex?
perience having made them believe
the danger was slight. They were
thus brought into the thick of the
fight and fought with the soldiers
i The men on the steamers saw them
I in the fight taking a vigorous part
J with their revolvers until they were
compelled to fly closely pursued by
! the Indians. To night an Indian who
j arrived from Bear island stated that
all the men out of uniform had been
killed, but that lie could not tell how
many soldiers liad been shot
No word has come from the corres?
pondents who were with the troops,
or from the soldiers This is looked
on as an additional cause for appre?
hension as it is believed that Gen
Bacon would have sent back some
of?icial communication had it been
possible to do so The outlook at
this hour is that the agency Indians
may go on the warpath at any mo?
ment They have been holding a
council all night and reports received
j every hour by runners describe the
condition of affairs. Two of the old
chiefs want war, but there are others
who are trying desperately to stem
the tide of discontent and to prevent
any conflict with the troops.
The Pillagers and other neighbor
i ?Dg Indians of the White Earth res
j ervation8 claim to have many reasons
I for their present outbreak, although
the direct trouble with the chief
Pillagers comes over attempts to
bring in some of the Indians lo the
United States court in connection
with liquor selling cases. Their
grievances go back through many
years, and there have been legislat?
ive and other attempts to settle them,
one of the latest being the Nelson
law regarding the sale of the timber
on the Indian lands. However, the
Indians claimed that the method of
disposing of this was both cumber?
some and expensive and that they
were the sufferers. In regard to
serving as witnesses in an illegal
liquor seiliDg case they claimed that
the deputy marshals left them to find
their own way home from Duluth,
without having paid them the proper
mileage. This is denied by the dep?
uties.
The leader in the troubles with the
Pillagers is an old warrior, Bog
Ah Mau Ge Shig, not a chief, who
recently returned from court and
was soon afterward sought again by
the deputies He alleged ill-treat?
ment in being turned adrift penniless
in Duluth and aroused other Indians
to protest against the way he claim?
ed to have been treated.
The United States marshal insists
that the old man's story is unfounded,
but the reds had been stirred np to
such a pitch that trouble apparently
became unavoidable, in view of the
deeply-seated feeling of general ill
treatment in regard to their timber
lands and rights in general.
THE OFFICIAL REPORT.
Washington, Oct. 5 -Secretary
Bliss received a telegram to-night
from Indian Inspector Tinker, an?
nouncing a fight with the Pillager
Indians in Minnesota to day. It
did not say bow many were killed.
Marshal O'Connor wired Attorney
General Griggs that a general Indian
uprising was imminent. On receipt
of these advices Secretary Alger
ordered reinforcements sent to the
scene at once on a special train, if
necessary, and with a Gatling gun if
needed
Mr. O'Connor thinks it will take at
least 1,000 troops to restore peace.
A dispatch boat that has ju3t ar?
rived announces that although they
cruised up and down near the scene
of the battle for two hours they were
unable to see a man and fear that all
the soldiers and officers have fallen
About 100 armed citizens, including
the detachment from Brainerd, are
about to start for the scene.
ANOTHER REPORT
Minneapolis, Minn , Oct. 5 -A
telegram received from Walker,
Minn., says a fierce fight between
tbe Indiana is still in progress
PROGRESS OP FIGHTING
IN MINNESOTA.
Reinforcements for tbe Sol?
diers are on the Way,
Minneapolis, Oct. 6 -Special to
the Journal, from Walker, Minn ,
says : Major Wilkinson, six privates
and one Indian policeman are dead ;
Col. Sheehan is slightly wounded ;
thirty Indians are dead The Jour?
nal's dispatch boat has just returned
from the battle ground, where there
has been desperate fighting ail the
morning.
The Journal dispatch boat brought
.out H. S Taiman, deputy sheriff, and
Colon Sheehan Sheehan ?s not bad?
ly wounded He is shot in the ab?
domen
While the boat was transferring
wounded men she was fired on from
the brush Thia was the eignul for
an immediate reopening of hostilities
The troops opened on the Indians,
and in a second there was as fierce a
fight in progress as that of yesterday
Beaulieu narrowly escaped with bis
jife lie had his shoulder bored
clear through We landed provisions
and medicines The firing became
so hot we were compelied o weigh
anchor and steam out into the lake
The Indians appear to be in force.
Bacoir s comraaud is too small to take
the aggressive. The detachment is
intrenched in a good position and
can hold out so long as ammunition
lasts. The steamer Chief was met
by my boat about eight miles, and
has arrived before this She carries
a posse of armed men Major Wil?
kinson was shot and killed while
walking up and down admonishing
his men to keep their heads low No
braver man and better officer ever
lived The men in bis command are
crazed with rage. When reinforce?
ments arrive they will wreak ven
! geance on the Pillagers in their own
way. The fight ?3 not half over yet,
the biggest batlie remains to be
fought
Washington. Oct. 6.-A dispatch
from Gen. Bacon, received by the ad?
jutant genera!, rated Walker, October
6, via Brair.erd. ?*-vs the Indians have
scattered in their canoes to various isl?
ands in that section. He adds :
"Have accomplished all that can be
done here at this late season, and will
return with my command to-morrow."
Washington, Oct. 7.-Tbe following
dispatches bearing on the Indian trou?
bles baVe been received at the war de?
partment :
From St. Paul, Oct. 7.-Adjutant
General, Washington : Official dispatch
from Walker announces six bodies and
eleven wounded will arrive in St. Paul
to-night. No names. Have made
arrangements for immediate transfer to
Fort Snelling, and proper care and at?
tention there. STUEGIS,
Assistant Adjutant General.
mm II i mm
Primary Enjoined.
_
Supreme Court Forces Berkeley
Candidates to go tr, the
General Election.
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 4-Chief
Justice Mciver has enjoined the
holding of a special primary election
in Berkeley county. The State dem?
ocratic executive committee, after
hearing argument in the Morrison
Sanders contest, decided to order a
special primary. Sanders who won
on the face of the returns, applies
for a writ of certior? and the Stale
executive committee have been en?
joined not to hold the special primary.
The case can not be heard before
the general election and both candi
dates will likely go there.
To haf e a primary stopped by the
supreme court is in expected and
this coupled with the talk about the
injunction in the Charleston water
works case causes ecme people to
say that the State court is going as
far as the Federal courts ia injunc?
tions.
- ?g--? mmm
The case of Col. James H. Tillman
will go to a ccurtmartial, and we
are glad of it. Something is necessary
! to clear tbe air. Something ought to
be done to bring to proof these charges
and counter-charges between the offi?
cers of the regiment. The bickerings
have scandalized the State. Col.
Tillman has intimated that he will make
things hot for bis accusers. If be
can, let him do so. We at least have
no partisanship in tbe matter, and if
other officers than Col. Tillman de?
serve trial and punishment they should
bave both. There has been too much
taik, too maoy threats. Let us see
what is under the cloud of innuendo.
Apart from this, however, the whip
! ping affair at the encampment needs ao
investigation such as it has not bad yet,
and tbe best way to get it is through
a military courtmartial, the fairest form
of court. If be can pass that ordeal
unscathed Coi. Tillman will have a
real vindication-one that will count
for something.-The State.
?--m -
Jacksonville, Oct. 6.-Orders were
received here to-day for the Seventh
j corps to prepare at once to go to Sa?
vannah where it will be embarked for
Cuba.
New York, O^t. 6.-The members
of tbe Cuban junta here are muon con?
cerned about tbe stories of suffering
from lack of food received by them
from the Cuban army. Letters have
come which state tbat the condition of
the army and of the rural population
io Cuba is now worse than it bas been
even during the continuance of the war.
The junta officials here maintain that the
course adopted by the Spanish is result?
ing effectuuliy in causing death to tbe
Cuban insurgents and pacifioos as did
the policy of reconcentraron and ex?
termination adopted by Weyler.
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